2026 ALACC Winter Conference
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa
Birmingham, Alabama
AGENDA
6:30 - 7:30 a.m. Registration, Strolling Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
7:30 - 7:35 a.m. Welcome with Education Co-Chairs Harish Doppalapudi, MBBS, FACC and Chris Roth, MD
7:35 - 8:25 a.m. Update on Heart Failure with Preserved EF and Heart Failure with Improved EF
Clyde Yancy, MD - Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
8:25 - 9:15 a.m. Lipoprotein(a): From Risk Factor to Target of Treatment
Gregory Schwartz, MD, PhD - University of Colorado School of Medicine
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Break
9:30 - 10:20 a.m. Asymptomatic and Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: Definitions, Diagnosis, and Management
N. Gurukripa Kowlgi, M.B.B.S, M.S. - Mayo Clinic
10:20 – 11:10 a.m. Concomitant Use of Antiplatelet & Anticoagulant Therapy
10:20 - 10:40 a.m. Use of Anti Platelet and Anti Coagulant therapy in ACS and PCI - in patients with Atrial Fibrillation and CAD
Neeraj Mehta, MD - Chief of Staff, Attending Interventional Cardiologist, Baptist Health - Shelby Hospital and HeartSouth
10:40 - 11:00 a.m. Long Term Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy
Will Morgan, MD - University of Alabama at Birmingham
11:00 - 11:10 a.m. Discussion
11:10 - 11:50 a.m. Thick but Not What You Think! The Thick Wall Enigma on Imaging
Garima Arora, MD - University of Alabama at Birmingham
11:50 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Program: The Ami Iskandrian Young Investigator Abstract Poster Competition
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
General Session: Fellows in Training Jeopardy Competition
Will Morgan, MD and Chris Malozzi, DO, FACC
CV Team Breakout Session #1:
Amyloidosis: What Providers Need to Know
Pankaj Arora, MD; Catherine Smith - University of Alabama at Birmingham
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
General Session: Challenging ECGs and Rhythm Tracings
Harish Doppalapudi, MBBS - Professor of Medicine; Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program - University of Alabama at Birmingham; Co-director - Cardiovascular Module for Medical Students, University of Alabama School of Medicine; Chief of Electrophysiology & Chair of CPR Committee; Birmingham VA Health Care System; Birmingham, AL
CV Team Breakout Session #2: Artificial Intelligence in the CV Practice
Marci Farquhar-Snow, MN, ACNP-BC, AACC - Mayo Clinic
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break: Exhibit Hall
3:00 – 3:50 p.m. Moderately Dangerous or Moderately Safe: Evolving Paradigms in the Cath Lab
Jackie Green, MD - Huntsville Hospital Heart Center
3:50 – 5:00 p.m.
General Session: Peridevice Leak after Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
3:50 – 4:20 p.m. Peridevice Leak After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Patrick Proctor, MD, FACC - Heart South Cardiovascular Group
4:20 – 4:50p.m. Prevention and Management of Peridevice Leak in Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Blake Smith, MD, FACC - University of Alabama at Birmingham
4:50 – 5:00 p.m. Discussion
3:00 – 4:00 pm CV Team Session #3: The Evolving Landscape in Transcatheter Valve Therapies
Christy Cantey, DNP, FNP-C, AACC, CCK - Huntsville Hospital Heart Center
4:00 – 5:00 pm CV Team Session #4: New Hypertension Guidelines: What's Changed and How to Boost Patient Adherence
Jennifer Drummonds, CRNP, DNP - University of Alabama at Birmingham
*Cancellations made 14 days or more in advance of the event date, will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not receive a refund for the event.
